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Fairview is a tiny town of 526 people in Tillamook County, Oregon. It's about 53 miles from Salem, OR and 56 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 50°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $278k and rent runs about $2k a month.
526people
$278kTypical home
$1,563/moRent
68° / 50°Summer / winter
0"Snow
176Sunny days
197Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 526
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,166 people per sq mi
- 56 mi to Portland, OR
- 53 mi to Salem, OR
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $278k (≈$1,751/mo)
- Median rent $1,563/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 50°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 197 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (873 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 30% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 54 mi to SLE airport
- 59 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 116 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 69 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 215 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 98 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 34 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tillamook County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk